Block Quilt

In the end, I decided to cut 5-inch by 5-inch squares of my block fabrics, sewing them in rows with a 1/2 inch seam allowance.

I pressed the seam allowances open so that they lay flat on each side of the blocks.

Next, I sewed each row together, again using a 1/2 inch seam allowance and then pressing the seam allowance open.

My little newphew, Grant, really likes his quilt.

Backing the Quilt

For the back of the quilt, I used some blue navy woolen blend fabric, I had in my stash. I cut the fleece a little larger than 30 inches by 40 inches so that I could trim to my quilt block.

Since the navy fabric was a thicker fabric I decided not to use quilt batting on the inside of my quilt.

Next, I stacked the sewn quilt blocks on top of the navy back fabric. Using safety pins and starting from the center out I pinned each square to through the back fabric to ensure that it wouldn’t slip.

Finally, I sewed in the ditch along each quilt square to secure it to the batting and the quilt back.

Once the layers were sewn together I trimmed the quilt to fit the top quilt block.

Even my niece Layla enjoys hanging out with Grant on his quilt

Finishing it Out

To finish the quilt I used some decorative quilt binding all away around the edge of the quilt.

Attaching the quilt binding is very similar to how you would attach a bias tape binding to finish a hem for example.

I did have to do a lot of hand sewing to get the quilt binding secure on the back. This took a tedious 4 hours.

Grant’s Out of this World Quilt

Grant’s out of this world quilt was made just in time for his delivery at the end of June.

I’m really happy with how this baby block quilt turned out, as it is my first official quilt. Plus, the colors and fabrics really add a pop of color to his room.

My hope is that little Grant will enjoy this quilt for a very long time to come 🙂